mount

Mount

or Mount of(mount) or Mont(mônt, môN)

For the names of actual mountains, see the specific element of the name; for example, Shasta, Mount; Olives, Mount of; Blanc, Mont. Other geographic names beginning with Mount are entered under Mount; for example, Mount Vernon; Mount Desert Island.

mount 1

(mount)

v.mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts

v.tr.

1. To climb or ascend: mount stairs.

2. To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform.

3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.

4.

a. To furnish with a horse for riding.

b. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.

5. To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.

6.

a. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.

b. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.

7. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.

8. To organize and equip: mount an army.

9. To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.

10.

a. To set in position for use: mount guns.

b. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.

11. To post (a guard).

v.intr.

1. To go upward; rise: The sun mounts into the sky.

2. To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.

3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted. See Synonyms at rise.

n.

1. The act or manner of mounting.

2. A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.

3. An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.

4. An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:

a. A glass slide for use with a microscope.

b. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.

c. A setting for a jewel.

d. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.

[Middle English mounten, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin mōns, mont-, mountain; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

mount′a·ble adj.

mount′er n.

mount 2

(mount)

n.

1. Abbr. Mt. A mountain or hill. Used especially as part of a proper name.

2. Any of the seven fleshy cushions around the edges of the palm of the hand in palmistry.

[Middle English, from Old English munt and from Old French mont, munt, both from Latin mōns, mont-; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

mount

(maʊnt)

vb

1. to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb

2. to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)

3. (often foll by: up) io increase; accumulate: excitement mounted.

4. (Art Terms) (tr) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support: to mount a photograph; to mount a slide.

5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse

Lipizzan, Lippizan, Lippizaner - a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage; "a Lippizan is black or brown when born but turns white by the time it is five years old"

gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

4.

mount - put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography"

initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

With the dig poised at that stomach-churning point where the final break-through into the burial chamber is just a chiseltap away, Mallory decides to send his crew for a weekend of well-earned rest in the city while he mounts guard at the pyramid.

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